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Blondie are releasing a new album, and have announced its No Principals Tour playing the Keswick Theatre on Thursday, October 3rd with special guests X . They recently announced on their Facebook page , the name of their new album, Ghosts of Download , but no release date has been set yet. Tickets to the show go on sale this Friday, June 21 at Noon here . Below; if you really need to be reminded.

Here's another great artist you don't want to miss at Make Music Philly this Friday: Joy Ike .  This Pittsburgh singer-songwriter falls somewhere between Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.  In January, she released her third LP, All or Nothing , an album of love songs approached from different people perspectives, stories and attitudes.  Using everything from piano to cello to wurlitzer (and her powerful voice), Joy Ike is a gifted songwriter who crafts catchy melody after catchy melody.  On Friday, she plays the Fleisher Art Memorial at 1:00 .  You don't want to miss this [...]

Photo by Nina Sabatino The Dead Milkmen  continue their sudden streak of new recordings with  Welcome to Undertown  [ link ] Light Heat  recorded a psych-rock Key Studio Session with some help from members of The Walkmen and Fleet Foxes [ link ] Local musicians give back to the community with Modern Baseball-frontman Brendan Lukens' new label Big Footprints Project [ link ] Balto and Holly Williams turn in a pair of great live sessions for Folkadelphia [ link [...]

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros photo by Laure Vincent Bouleau Last week, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic  Zeros released the music video for "Better Days," the first single from their upcoming self-titled album.  This week, the group has released yet another song from their next album called, “This Life.”  The new song is just as steeped in soul as the first single, but where “Better Days” was upbeat and bursting with energy, “This Life” is a slow burner, starting quietly and building in volume with bluesy screams from Alex Ebert.  A song about being honest with yourself [...]

• Edward Sharpe Mag Zeros - This Life

The Dynamic Duo is back. Rasco & Planet Asia New video from their forthcoming album "King Kong Godzilla." First official single "Never Left" Produced by Agallah. Video Directed, Filmed and edited by Rasco for Swannworks Films 2013 iTunes: Never Left (feat. Agallah) - Cali Agents

Black Flag | Photo by Abi Reimold | abireimoldphoto.com All photos by Abi Reimold | abireimoldphoto.com On the occasion of its first new music in 28 years, the reformed Black Flag played Union Transfer on Monday night. One version of the proto-punk legends, anyway, and in the eyes of some, the more legit version since it included founding member, guitarist and songwriter Greg Ginn along with early vocalist Ron Reyes. (Non-sticklers - Keith Morris' Flag plays The Trocadero on September 18th and tickets are available [...]

Danny Brown drops the first single off his forthcoming OLD album, "Kush Coma" featuring A$AP Rocky and Zelooperz (Bruiser Brigade). Produced by SKYWLKR. http://xdannyxbrownx.com/

• Xdannyxbrownx - Kush Coma Feat. A$AP Rocky, Zelooperz (prod. SKYWLKR)

The Undisputed Deluxe Edition by Has-Lo new deluxe version of The Undisputed includes previously unreleased album instrumentals as well as unreleased songs + original versions and remixes. brand new album artwork by Kyle Tierce

Maybe you remember mid-aughties Philly noisemakers An Albatross , but if not, here's a quick summary - they ruled. They mixed up high-octane punk energy with heavy metal instrumental precision, cranked the speed up 20 times, and added some swaggery rock n' roll moves in the mix. The one time I got to catch them live - a floor show at the First Unitarian Church basement circa 2003 where, if memory serves, they shared the bill with DC avant-shredders Black Eyes and Philly hardcore heroes Paint it Black - front man Edward Gieda was an intimidating, shirtless, sweaty specter. [...]

The Keynote Speaker by U-God U-God drops a new single off his upcoming solo album Keynote Speaker. Album drops July 23rd via Soul Temple Records with features by Elzhi, Styles P, Method Man, Inspectah Deck and Kool Keith.

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Shot in London, the NY native Powers debuts an alt DOOM mask and explores his and DOOM's response to modern surveillance. iTunes: Key to the Kuffs - JJ DOOM

• LexRecords - JJ DOOM - Key To The Kuffs - Butter Version

Redefinition Records releases the 73 flexi disc for Klaus Layer's "Illest Charge" featuring Blu. Clear & Black 73 Flexi Disc: http://www.redefinitionrecords .com/collections/klaus-layer What's a Flexi Disc / SOUNDSHEET? It's a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove on one side, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. Flexible records were commercially introduced by Eva-tone in 1962, but were previously available in the Soviet Union as "roentgenizdat", "bones" or "ribs", underground samizdat recordings on x-ray film.

• Redefinition Records - Klaus Layer ft Blu (@herfavcolor) - Illest In Charge

Here's the lyric video for Pharrell's latest single "Happy," off the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. iTunes: Despicable Me 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists

Rogue Wave | Photo by Rachel Barrish | raddrhapsodies.com Photos by Rachel Barrish | raddrhapsodies.com Bay Area indie rock outfit Rogue Wave visited Philly on tour in support of its new LP Nightingale Floors , out earlier this month on Vagrant Records . There was a lot of charm, showmanship and coziness with the crowd during the band's set - including singer Zach Rogue sitting on the edge of Union Transfer's stage to serenade the front row with an acoustic rendition of "California" from their 2005 album Descended [...]

In this episode, the "Sound of New York" and Jay-Z's right hand man, Young Guru, talks about his early love of D.C. "go-go" music, U2 drum breaks and producing Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind". And for more from Fuse, follow us here too Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/fusetv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FuseTV

New cut from Evidence “Waste of Time,” off his upcoming Green Tape Instrumentals dropping June 25th. Pre-Order: Evidence - Green Tape Instrumentals Deluxe Bundle

• Evidence - Waste of Time

Zenith by Grayskul will be released on Fake Four September 2013! video by Trinity Webber & song produced by 6 Fingers raps by Onry Ozzborn & J.F.K.

Plug Research Records introduces their new artist Rondenion, leaks a new single "Assemblage." http://www.plugresearch.com/20 13/06/rondenion-_-assemblage/

• Rondenion - Assemblage.mp3

Let You Tell It EP by Stik Figa 1. Let You Tell It feat Andre Negasi 2. Gritter feat Riley of PnP 3. Party People (High) https://www.facebook.com/StikF iga